US6649796B2 - Process for the preparation of acetamide derivatives - Google Patents

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US6649796B2
US6649796B2 US10/112,776 US11277602A US6649796B2 US 6649796 B2 US6649796 B2 US 6649796B2 US 11277602 A US11277602 A US 11277602A US 6649796 B2 US6649796 B2 US 6649796B2
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  • the present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of diphenylmethylthioacetamide (I), a key intermediate in the synthetic pathway for Modafinil.
  • Modafinil is defined as a CNS stimulant and is marketed under the trade name “Provigil”, for the treatment of narcolepsia.
  • Modafinil was introduced by Lafon. Its preparation, use and pharmacological properties were described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,177,290.
  • Compound II is prepared by the reaction of diphenylmethanol with thiourea in the presence of HBr followed by basic hydrolysis and reaction with chloroacetic acid (Scheme 3).
  • both pathways involve toxic and dangerous reagents such as dimethylsulfate, ammonia and thionyl chloride.
  • haloacetamide reacts with the isothiouronium salt (IV) in protic solvents (like alcohols or water) at temperatures ranging from 0-100° C. in the presence of a strong base, such as alkali metal hydroxide.
  • chloracetamide is reacted with the said isothiouronium salt in water at 60-70° C. using sodium hydroxide as base.
  • diphenylmethylthioacetamide is obtained in 95% yield from diphenylmethanol.
  • a process for the preparation of diphenylmethylthioacetamide (I) as described in Scheme 4 comprising reacting of the isothiouronium salt or its corresponding base of the formula IV with an acetamide of the formula XCH 2 CONH 2 , wherein X represents a halogen, M represents an alkali metal and A represents an anion, in a protic medium at a temperature of less than 100° C.
  • the said method comprises only three chemical steps. It does not involve toxic or corrosive reagents. Very pure Modafinil is obtained at the end of the synthetic pathway at 67% yield (starting from diphenylmethanol).
  • diphenylmethanol is reacted with thiourea in the presence of hydrobromic acid in aqueous medium under reflux and then cooled.
  • the isothiouronium salt (IV) formed is filtered and reacted with chloroacetamide under aqueous base conditions at 60-70° C. The solution is cooled and the diphenylmethylthioacetamide formed is filtered and collected.
  • Diphenylmethanol (130 g, 0.7 mole) and thiourea (65 g, 0.85 mole) are added in 0.5 l reactor charging with water (325 ml).
  • the mixture is heated to 95° C. (an emulsion is obtained) and 48% HBr 260 gr. 3.22 mole, 4.6 equivalents) is then added gradually during 0.5 hour.
  • the mixture is heated under reflux (106-107° C.) for 0.5 hour and cooled to 80-85° C. At this temperature, the mixture is seeded with several crystals of the product and the mixture is stirred at that temperature for 0.5 hour and then cooled to 250.
  • the colorless crystals are collected by filtration, washed with water (200 ml) yielding about 240 gr. of wet crude isothiouronium salt.
  • a 2 L reactor was charged with diphenylmethylisothiouronium bromide crude wet obtained in reference example 1 (240 gr.) and water (700 ml.) under nitrogen.
  • the suspension was heated to 60° C. and 46% aqueous NaOH solution (98 ml, 1.68 mole, 2.4 eq.) was added.
  • the reaction mixture was heated to 85° C. and stirred until all the solid was dissolved.
  • the suspension is stirred at 70° C. for 4-5 hours.
  • a 0.5 L reactor was charged with diphenylmethylisothiouronium bromide crude wet (61 g.) and methanol (163 ml.) under nitrogen. The suspension was heated to 40-50° C. and 46% aqueous NaOH solution (25 ml.) was added. The reaction mixture was heated to 60° C. and stirred for 1 ⁇ 2 hour. Chloroacetamide (19.8 g, 0.21 mole, 1.2 eq., purity 98%) was added in two portions during 10 minutes. The suspension was stirred at heating under reflux for 3-4 hours. Then water (80 ml.) was added dropwise at 60-65° C. The mixture was cooled to 30° C. and filtered.

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